Mockingbeat
by Tool

Album: Fear Inoculum (2019)
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Songfacts®:

  • "Mockingbeat" is the discordant, grating finale to Fear Inoculum. The song has drums and electronic sounds, but it most prominently features the shrill calls of a bird, presumably a mockingbird.

    In instrumental running 2:05, it's the shortest track on the album - nine seconds shorter than "Litanie contre la peur."

Comments: 1

  • AnonymousHonestly, there’s no meaning behind this it’s just tool being weird.
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